Dave McNary Film ReporterSAG-AFTRA’s national leadership has waded into the bitter dispute over the looming deep cuts in the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan as the union’s national board vowed to combat “misinformation” and condemned opponents of the cuts.Gabrielle Carteris, president of the performers union, accused the opponents of conduct similar to those running “scams” that target the elderly.
Opponents of the looming SAG-AFTRA Health Plan cuts already alleged on Dec. 6 that the union was “deliberately misrepresenting the Health Plan Crisis.”The conflicting messages have come in the wake of a federal class-action suit, with 91-year-old Ed Asner as lead plaintiff.
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